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History: Organized 1921. 



Purpose: To establish a forum for exchange 

 of engineering knowledge and social intercourse ; 

 to unify and coordinate activities of various 

 national and local societies located in the 

 Hampton Roads district ; to assist local civic 

 organizations as advisers in engineering matters ; 

 to publish or otherwise disseminate suggestions 

 for the improvement of the business, industrial, 

 tranportation, recreational, or other facilities 

 of this section, in so far as matters of engi- 

 neering enter into these improvements. 



Membership: Members, graduate or qualified 

 engineers or architects ; Associate, engineering 

 assistant ; Student. Members, 298 ; Associate, 

 61 ; Student, 118. Total membership 477. 



Meetings: Annual; monthly, except July and 

 August. 



Professional activities: Capital Scholarship 

 Fund, to aid in the advancement of the engineer- 

 ing profession through the medium of scholar- 

 ships for worthy students, $25,000 minimum goal. 



634. Engineers Club of Kansas City. President 

 Hotel, 13th and Baltimore Streets, Kansas 

 City 6, Mo. President: W. G. Riddle, 1009 

 Baltimore Street, Kansas City 5, Mo. Term 

 expires January 1, 1961. Secretary: M. B. 

 Hansell, Jr., 21st and Manchester Streets, 

 Kansas City 26, Mo. Term expires January 

 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1911. 

 Purpose: The advancement of the engineering 

 profession and its civic usefulness. 



Membership: Members, 637, engineers or 

 architects over twenty-five years of age, of 

 good character and satisfactory professional 

 standing ; Associate, 12, persons between the 

 ages of eighteen and thirty who are students 

 or graduates of an engineering or architectural 

 school of recognized standing or whose occupa- 

 tional training is in the engineering or archi- 

 tectural field, the pursuit of which will, in the 

 opinion of the Board of Directors, qualify them 

 to attain the status of Member after having 

 completed the period of time to acquire the 

 necessary experience; Affiliate, 112, persons 

 who meet the qualifications for Members except 

 that they are not engineers or architects, but who 

 are identified with engineering work and who 

 in the judgment of the Membership Committee 

 and the Board of Directors would become de- 

 sirable members of the Club; Non-Resident, 15; 

 Non-Resident Affiliate, 1. Total membership 

 777. 



Meetings: Annual and semimonthly. 



Professional activities: Scholarships for engi- 

 neering students. 



635. Engineers' Club of Minneapolis. 302 



Wesley Temple Building, Minneapolis 3, 

 Minn. President: Robert A. Beveridge, 5104 

 39th Avenue South, Minneapolis 17, Minn. 

 Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Clifford M. Bircher, Prior Lake, Minn. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Founded 1883 as the Engineers' Club 

 of Minnesota ; name changed to present title in 

 1890. Sections: Jurisdiction covers Minnesota 

 and surrounding states. 



Purpose: To stimulate a greater interest 

 among engineers in the welfare of the com- 

 munity, state and nation ; to assist in the solution 

 of public problems involving engineering and 

 allied sciences ; and to promote advancement 

 of the arts and sciences connected with engi- 

 neering. 



Membership: Resident Members, 755, office 

 or home within fifty miles of Minneapolis ; 

 Non-Resident, 54, office or home more than 

 fifty miles from Minneapolis ; Life, 230, twenty- 

 five years in Club ; Half-Century Club, 3. 

 Total Membership 1,039. 



Meetings: Annual in May; monthly meetings, 

 except June through August ; weekly, October 

 through March. 



Publications: Minnesota Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume: 11, $3. Editor: Sydney L. 

 Devin. 



636. Engineers' Club of Northern Minnesota. 

 President: C. O. Rudstrom, 703 3rd Street, 

 N. W., Chisholm, Minn. Term expires 

 December 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : David 

 Hartley, Virginia, Minn. Term expires 

 December 1960. 



History: Organized 1914. 



Purpose: The promotion and advancement of 

 engineering knowledge and the professional 

 improvement of members. 



Membership: Graduate engineer; non-gradu- 

 ate engineer with three years experience in 

 any engineering works, of which one year was 

 in a responsible position ; administrative or 

 supervisory official of mining or allied in- 

 dustries ; or sales representative of companies 

 serving the mining or allied industries. Total 

 membership 640. 



Meetings : Annual ; monthly except in summer 

 months. 



637. Engineers Club of Omaha. President: 

 Ralph W. Shaw, Omaha Public Power 

 District, 17th and Harney Streets, Omaha 2, 

 Nebr. Term expires December 31, 1960. Sec- 

 retary: William Wurgler, Wurgler Company, 

 313 South 14th Street, Omaha 2, Nebr. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



